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Where is Live Local based?

The Mission! International HQ is near 25th and Florida.

How is Live Local different from every other deal startup?

Instead of offering big deals good one time, we offer small discounts good all the time for a whole year. This rewards you for coming into your favorite restaurants and stores frequently, and helps business owners reward their most loyal customers. Also, we’re based in the Mission, not Chicago (Groupon), Atlanta (Scoutmob), or DC (Living Social).

How does the iPhone app work?

Download the free app from the app store. It’s a pretty simple map and list of participating businesses (screenshots here). If you want to use the app in lieu of the card, you can enter the code from the bottom of the card into the “Card” section of the app. If you want to bypass the step of having a plastic card, you can buy the code here.

Where are the cards sold?

Right here. Also at participating local businesses or nonprofits we’ve partnered with. You’ll also see LiLo around at farmers’ markets, festivals, etc.

How long is the card good for?

One year. If you buy a card in July 2011, it’s good through July 2012.

Which businesses are eligible to participate?

A Live Local business has to be in the Mission, HQ’d in the bay area, have less than 10 locations, and be awesome in the eyes of LiLo.

Why doesn’t _insert business here_ participate?

Ask them! Tell the owner that you are likely to spend more money at the business and give the owner a solid high five if they join Live Local.

Don’t small businesses already have loyalty programs in the form of buy-10-get-1-free cards?

Yes, but we’re not huge fans of carrying lots of cards around for each business we frequent. Live Local is one card good at lots of businesses. Over ten purchases, 10% off ends being equal to buy-10-get-1-free, except you get the discount every time you use the Live Local card.

Why are the cards made out of recycled plastic instead of corn?

We thought about this one for a while, and came to the conclusion that the world’s arable land should be used for growing food, not stuff. If everything was made out of corn (or soy or whatever), there would be a lot of habitat destruction due to a greater demand for crops, and the resulting rise in food prices would greatly affect the world’s poor. Plus, common corn production uses an incredible amount of petroleum, so we’re not sure that making corn cards would use less petroleum and/or water than making plastic cards. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this though, we’re not set in stone.

Does Live Local partner with local nonprofits like mine?

Yes! Drop us a line and let’s see how we can work together. Unless your nonprofit is like the Westboro church or something.

Live Local uses Mission-based vendors as much as possible. All the graphic design is by Sirron Norris (25th and Valencia), the web design is by Nicole Hanusek (16th and Florida). Even the plastic card displays were purchased from TAP Plastics (13th and Van Ness, barely outside the Mission).

Will you expand to other neighborhoods?

The Mission is home, we’re pretty focused here right now.

Where is Live Local based?

The Mission! International HQ is near 25th and Florida.

How is Live Local different from every other deal startup?

Instead of offering big deals good one time, we offer small discounts good all the time for a whole year. This rewards you for coming into your favorite restaurants and stores frequently, and helps business owners reward their most loyal customers. Also, we’re based in San Francisco’s Mission district, not Chicago (Groupon), Atlanta (Scoutmob), or DC (Living Social).

Where are the cards sold?

At participating local businesses or nonprofits we’ve partnered with. You’ll also see LiLo around at farmer’s markets, festivals, etc. For an additional $500, we’ll deliver via bike a Live Local card to any location within the Mission (ideastolen borrowed from Cyanide and Happiness).

How long is the card good for?

One year. If you buy a card in July 2011, it’s good through July 2012.

Which businesses are eligible to participate?

A Live Local business has to be HQ’d in the bay area, have less than 10 locations, and be awesome in the eyes of LiLo.

Why doesn’t _insert business here_ participate?

Ask them! Tell the owner that you are likely to spend more money at the business and give the owner a solid high five if they join Live Local.

Don’t small businesses already have loyalty programs in the form of buy-10-get-1-free cards?

Yes, but we’re not huge fans of carrying lots of cards around for each business we frequent. Live Local is one card good at lots of businesses. Over ten purchases, 10% off ends being equal to buy-10-get-1-free, except you get the discount every time you use the Live Local card.

Why are the cards made out of plastic instead of corn?

We thought about this one for a while, and came to the conclusion that the world’s arable land should be used for growing food, not stuff. If everything was made out of corn (or soy or whatever), there would be a lot of habitat destruction due to a greater demand for crops, and the resulting rise in food prices would greatly affect the world’s poor. Plus, common corn production uses an incredible amount of petroleum, so we’re not sure that making corn cards would use less petroleum and/or water than making plastic cards. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this though, we’re not set in stone.

Does Live Local partner with local nonprofits like mine?

Yes! Drop us a line and let’s see how we can work together. Unless your nonprofit is like the Westboro church or something.

Live Local uses Mission-based vendors as much as possible. All the graphic design is by Sirron Norris (25th and Valencia), the web design is by Nicole Hanusek (16th and Florida). Even the plastic card displays were purchased from TAP Plastics (13th and Van Ness, barely outside the Mission).

Will you expand to other neighborhoods?

Yup! Which neighborhood would you like to see Live Local in next? Let us know.